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Cyrenoidea

Bivalvia - Cardiida

Taxonomy
Cyrenacea was named by Gray (1840). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Corbiculacea by Parker (1982); it was corrected as Cyrenoidea by Bouchet et al. (2010) and Carter et al. (2011).

It was assigned to Teleodesmacea by Olsson (1931); to Venerida by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Veneroitei by Carter et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Cyrenacea Gray
1931Cyrenacea Olsson p. 45
2010Cyrenoidea Bouchet et al.
2011Cyrenoidea Carter et al. p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyCyrenoidea(Gray 1840)
superfamilyCyrenoidea(Gray 1840)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. Cyrenoidea Gray 1840
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Fm. Cyrenidae Gray 1840
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G. †Cyrena Lamarck
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Cyrena abbreviata Deshayes 1857
Cyrena cardioides Deshayes 1857
Cyrena consobrina Cailland 1823
Cyrena difficilis Deshayes 1860
Cyrena distincta Deshayes 1857
Cyrena dutemplei Deshayes 1857
Cyrena gravesi Deshayes 1824
Cyrena incompta Deshayes 1857
Cyrena lamberti Deshayes 1857
Cyrena marylandica Clark 1911
Cyrena mirabilis Nagao 1928
Cyrena nobilis Deshayes 1857
Cyrena rhaetica Lepsius 1878
Cyrena saincenyensis Deshayes 1857
Cyrena veneriformis Deshayes 1857
Invalid names: Geloinidae Iredale 1943 [synonym], Polymesodinae Habe 1977 [empty], Serrilaminulinae Lindholm 1933 [synonym]
Fm. Cyrenoididae Adams and Adams 1857
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G. Cyrenoida Joannis 1835
Invalid names: Cyrenellidae Gray 1853 [synonym]
Fm. Glauconomidae Gray 1853
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G. Glauconome Gray 1828
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Glauconome nereidis White 1874
Glauconome plumula Wiman 1902
Invalid names: Glaucomyidae Gray 1853 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Life habit: infaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 12:26:58
Modified: 2004-02-28 14:26:58
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Vormsi to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 452.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 445.6 Ma

Collections (111 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Vormsi452.0 - 445.6Estonia (Hiiumaa) Glauconome plumula (153965)
Porkuni445.6 - 443.7Estonia Glauconome plumula (167591)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Sweden Glauconome plumula (164285)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Italy (Trento) Cyrena rhaetica (232117 232118 232119)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Greenland Cyrena sp. (161981)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Tanzania Cyrena sp. (79253)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0United Kingdom (England) Cyrena media (100655)
Late/Upper Berriasian145.0 - 140.2Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Cyrena sp. (45760)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Valanginian145.0 - 132.9United Kingdom (England) Cyrena sp. (170624)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5China (Sichuan) Cyrena sp. (71789)
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5Spain (Castilla y Leon) Cyrena sp. (64406)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4United Kingdom (England) Cyrena sp. (160833)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Peru (Ancash) Cyrena huarazensis (56944)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Aptian130.0 - 122.46United Kingdom (England) Cyrena sp. (24897)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 112.03USA (Maryland) Cyrena marylandica (232239)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Canada (British Columbia) Cyrena albertensis (87450)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (New Mexico) Cyrena securis, Cyrena sp. (88641)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Canada (British Columbia) Cyrena albertensis (87444)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Poland Cyrena cretatcea (179488)
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0France (Haute-Garonne) Cyrena garumnica (13217)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Cyrena laletana (169881) Cyrena sp. (141185 183660)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Austria (Lower Austria) Cyrena solitaria (226428)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Haute-Garonne) Cyrena garumnica (48865)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Poland Cyrena arnouldi, Cyrena forbesi, Cyrena veneriformis (27625)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Austria (Niederösterreich) Cyrena suborbicularis (87001)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Cyrena cuneiformis, Cyrena tellinella (38868)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Cyrena gibbosula (42648) Cyrena sp. (39892)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Cyrena deperdita (3494)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Romania Cyrena incompta (102026)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria Cyrena sirena (103739)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria (Burgas) Cyrena sirena (102230)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Cyrena deperdita, Cyrena obliquata, Cyrena cycladiformis, Cyrena pisum (39643)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Cyrena sp. (78617)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria (Sliven) Cyrena sirena (103768)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia Cyrena sp. (42790)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Cyrena cycladiformis (39838 40887) Cyrena cycladiformis, Cyrena obovata, Cyrena pulchra (39662) Cyrena gibbosula, Cyrena deperdita (42649) Cyrena obovata (39676 39695 39704 40297 40377 40387 40420 40423 40441 40770 40771 40890 40893 40909 40919 40920 40923 40926 40929) Cyrena obovata, Cyrena cuneiformis (39674 39705 40769) Cyrena obtusa (40916 40928) Cyrena pulchara, Cyrena obtusa (40927) Cyrena sp. (39675 39694 40101 40296 40381 40385 40862 40924)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Greenland Cyrena difficilis (88292) Cyrena gravesi (88289)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom Cyrena obovata (40772)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Peru Cyrenidae indet. (199563)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Romania Cyrena brongniarti, Cyrena convexa, Cyrena incompta (187379) Cyrena convexa (102021 102023 102027 102028) Cyrena convexa, Cyrena brongniarti (101971 101972 102029) Cyrena convexa, Cyrena intermedia (102022)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Bulgaria (Varna) Cyrena valdensis (103737)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Cyrena floridana (61045 61070 61096 61107 61108 61111 61126) Cyrena pompholyx (61051 61103) Cyrena pompholyx, Cyrena floridana (60985)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Georgia) Cyrena floridana (61130)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Cyrenidae indet. (46278)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Israel Cyrenidae indet. (197657)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Cyrena californica (216865)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Cyrena acuta (80307)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Peru Cyrena anomala (207005)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117United Kingdom (England) Cyrena consobrina (84833)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cyrenoida floridana (69034) C. floridana (69085 80027)